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Category: Covid-19

Latest COVID-19 visa changes for temporary visa holders: Now who can stay and who can’t

Are you a temporary visa holder about to be affected by this latest news from the government? We’d love to hear your story if so and how this is going to affect you and your work/studies here in Australia. The Australian government today announced a slew of measures for major classes of temporary visa holders, …

Temporary visa holders in Australia allowed to access superannuation as coronavirus support

The Australian government says temporary visa holders with work rights are being given access to draw from their superannuation to help them deal with the coronavirus economic impacts. The Morrison government says temporary visa holders with work rights – including international students – will be allowed to draw on their superannuation funds to help them …

Will Australia adopt Portugal’s pioneering approach to supporting migrants?

Currently there are loud calls for the government to follow Portugal and treat migrants as residents during the coronavirus pandemic. Will they? Australia is being called on to closely consider Portugal’s approach to supporting migrants during the coronavirus outbreak. The European nation has decided migrants will be treated as permanent residents until at least 1 July to …

Covid-19 affecting your visa? Let us help you – DON’T DELAY

This is an emergency call out to those who are in trouble with their visas because of the Coronavirus. Are you on a student visa that is about to run out but you don’t know what to do about extending it? Do you have family overseas that you need to get back? TranQuill Legal can …

Covid-19 UPDATE – for Notary clients

We at TranQuill Legal are working in accordance with the ACT government guidelines regarding the Covid-19 (Corona) virus and trying to assist in ‘flattening the curve’ and ending the pandemic. This unfortunately means that we are unable to have face-to-face meetings. For those of you who are in need of documents notarised that are non-urgent, …

Covid-19 UPDATE – for Migration Clients

Please note that we at TranQuill Legal are working in accordance with the new ACT government guidelines regarding helping to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus. As of now, we are unable to offer face-to-face migration consultations, until further notice. We will be providing our services by phone or skype. Please call the Canberra …

Covid-19 update – no panic required!

As you will no doubt now be aware, there has been a case of the Covid-19 coronavirus confirmed in the ACT. Please note that this knowledge has made no changes to the daily running of TranQuill Legal at present. Our office is still fully-functional and we are working hard on all our current cases. We …